Microsoft Looking for Sr. Finance Manager (mcaps) at Redmond, WA, United States Full Time

Job Description

The Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) Revenue Planning Finance team works across all Microsoft commercial products to influences Microsoft’s worldwide sales strategy. We are looking for leaders who can proactively partner across multiple teams to drive global impact with the goal of maximizing revenue, market share, and profit. We will empower and inspire you to lead and be a top performer while providing diverse career opportunities.

What experiences you can gain from this role on the MCAPS Revenue Planning Finance team:

• Driver seat experience in setting fiscal year commercial revenue targets of $150B+, in an entrepreneurial and dynamic work environment
• Iterate scale tooling and process solutions that impact productivity for hundreds of finance professionals
• Lead continuous journey on planning report standardization and democratization: create standardized reports that’s easy to refresh with a push of a button, can be leveraged both internally and by partners who don’t have Jedox (corporate revenue planning tool) access
• Standardize definitions for planning KPIs and re-assess for each planning cycle given evolving business needs
• Develop and maintain seller productivity framework for planning and reporting
• Architect and drive reporting infra changes to enable stability and agility at scale
• Proactively adopt technologies such as machine learning to drive efficiencies in planning
• Responsible for target consolidation and reporting needs throughout budget cycles
• Partner with stakeholder teams for roadmap alignment and execution

Our team values the following sets of skills, which this role will help you enhance:

• Analytical:

• Deep modeling capabilities which include leveraging internal Microsoft tools, reporting cubes, BI tools and other financial systems
• Passion to solve problems, working at multiple altitudes, from strategic and high-level framing to detailed analysis
• A growth mindset to continue to sharpen our approach to new business challenges
• Project management:

• Effectively managing and prioritizing multiple inputs, tasks and stakeholders, sometimes under tight deadlines
• Comfort with ambiguity and uncertainty, in a business that evolves at a very fast pace
• Cross-Group Collaboration:

• Leadership skills, proactively driving and delivering high-impact results through both individual and v-team effort
• Strong partnering capabilities, influencing others without direct authority and appropriately pushing back when required
• Crisp oral and written communication skills at various levels in the organization

Prioritize

• Performs analysis and research of present and future financial performance, financial plans (e.g., expected returns, resource allocation, pricing, investment opportunities) and economic transactions (e.g., customer deals, commercial partnerships, acquisitions, etc.).
• Assists in the execution of annual finance planning. Completes analysis, modeling, and research to support planning cycles. Partners and solicits insight from business and commercial stakeholders.
• Lead continuous journey on planning report standardization and democratization: create standardized reports that’s easy to refresh with a push of a button, can be leveraged both internally and by partners who don’t have Jedox (corporate revenue planning tool) access
• Develop and maintain seller productivity framework for planning and reporting

Partnership

• Provides business insights and recommendations to peers and stakeholders to achieve revenue goals and drive shareholder return, including. revenue generation, resource allocation, trends, and future requirements. Manages and executes processes through engagement with internal and external stakeholders. Collaborates with business leaders to define action plans for financial and business analysis findings.
• Applies advanced understanding of Microsoft Finance and business (e.g., monetization strategy, market, key drivers, revenue channels, advanced technology, and business partner work context) to multiple situations to evaluate results and analysis. Develops and manages strategies to proactively mitigate, or reactively address, potential adverse effects of macroeconomic and/or geopolitical risks. Maintains working knowledge of Microsoft financial systems, policies, and processes to evaluate potential impacts of changes, and drives improvements in efficiency and accuracy.
• Contributes to new and unconventional methods and approaches to data collection, analysis, interpretation, and financial models. Provides advice and direction to teammates and peers on data management and operations.
• Leads efforts to leverage technology to increase productivity (e.g., report optimization) and to ensure accurate conclusions.
• Integrates varied data sources and assimilates the information into a comprehensive, clear narrative. Communicates results in a compelling and understandable message. Articulates understanding and awareness of business partner situation.

Protect

• Ensures compliance with company policies, legal standards, and regulatory requirements by reviewing and monitoring accuracy of financial documents and business processes. Drives corrective measures. Consults with business partners on sharing financial information, approved instruments and processes, and consistency with corporate policies. Collaborates with Compliance groups to ensure team is current on company policies and procedures.

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Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science, or related field AND 4+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership, or finance work experience OR Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science, or related field AND 2+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership, or finance work experience

• OR equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated capability to translate business needs into data solutions and optimize end to end

Proficiency in MS Excel, SQL and Power Pivot required. Experience in financial planning tools such as Jedox preferred

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the .

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